Module 3 Life now and then Unit 3 Language in use教案

Module 3 Life now and then
Unit 3 Language in use
设计说明
本单元是复习单元，首先带领学生复习巩固本模块的重点短语，然后从Language practice入手带领学生学习形容词、副词的句法功能及其比较等级的用法，并通过对应的练习检测学生对本模块知识和语法的掌握情况；再结合课本上的听力和阅读练习，进一步训练学生善于捕捉细节的能力；最后通过小组讨论，组织一场辩论，并进行展示，最终达到语言的输出运用。
教学目标
通过本单元的教学，让学生达成以下目标:
1. 知识目标
(1) 复习本模块新单词、短语及句型；
(2) 掌握形容词、副词的句法功能及其比较等级的用法。
2. 能力目标
(1) 能够运用本模块所学知识完成U3的习题；
(2) 能够组织一场辩论。
3. 情感目标
通过今昔对比，学会珍惜。
重点难点
重点：掌握本模块的重点短语和句子
难点：形容词、副词的句法功能和它们的比较等级
教学准备
PPT课件；活动4、6的录音
授课时数
1课时
教学过程
Step 1　Review
1. Ask students to review the important phrases of Unit 1 and Unit 2.
Unit 1
(1) need to do sth. (9) what about…?
(2) in the past (10) fifty years ago
(3) of course (11) work hard
(4) get ill (12) spare time
(5) deal with (13) remember to do sth.
(6) as…as… (14) speak up
(7) used to (15) a bit
(8) the number of
Unit 2
(1) all one’s life (9) more than
(2) in the past (10) be busy doing sth.
(3) go out (11) on foot
(4) look after (12) take the bus
(5) a full-time job (13) take a plane
(6) what’s more (14) enjoy doing sth.
(7) the role of (15) some of…
(8) get married (16) grenerally speaking
2. Let the students check them in pairs.
3. Check the students in groups.
Step 2 Language practice
1. Read the sentences in the box to the class.
People are wealthier today, and they live longer than they did in the past.
But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to.
More people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes less.
We eat better and we live longer.
2. Get the students to read the sentences and pay attention to the black body parts.
Step 3 Grammar
形容词与副词
一、形容词在句中的位置及作用
1. 作定语，常置于被修饰词的前面。
He is a good doctor. 他是一位优秀的医生。
2. 作表语，置于(连)系动词的后面。
The story sounds interesting. 这个故事听起来很有趣。
3. 作宾语补足语，置于宾语的后面。
The news made her mother very angry. 这消息使她的妈妈很生气。
[注意]something, anything, nothing等不定代词被形容词修饰时，形容词放在不定代词后面。
Is there anything special on that day?那天有什么特别的事情吗?
二、副词在句中的位置及作用
1.副词修饰形容词、副词时，放在它所修饰的词的前面，表示程度等。
Our school is very beautiful. 我们的学校非常美丽。
He studies much harder than before. 他比以前学习更刻苦了。
[注意]enough作副词总是置于被修饰的形容词或副词后。
The boy isn’t tall enough to reach the books on the shelf.
这个男孩不够高，够不到架子上的书。
2. often, always, never等频度副词通常放在be动词、情态动词和助动词之后，实义动词之前。sometimes还可放在句子开头或末尾。
She is always ready to help others. 她总是乐于助人。
I have never been to Shanghai.我从未去过上海。
3.副词修饰动词时，放在动词之前或之后。
I nearly missed the flight. 我差点误了航班。
She listened to me carefully.她认真听我说。
4. 副词作定语修饰名词时，放在名词之后。
People here are very friendly. 这儿的人们很友好。
On my way home, I met Mr Gao. 在我回家的路上，我遇到了高先生。
三、形容词与副词的比较等级
1. 同级比较句型：as…as…和not as / so …as…
as…as…表示“和……一样……”，not as / so…as…表示“不如……”，此句型中必须用形容词或副词的原级。
The book is as interesting as that one. 这本书和那本书一样有趣。
He can’t write as carefully as you. 他写得没有你认真。
2. 比较级的常见句型
(1) “比较级 + than…”意为“比……更……”。
Mary is younger than Betty. 玛丽比贝蒂年轻。
He got up earlier than I did this morning. 今天早上他起床比我早。
(2) “the+ 比较级 + of the two”意为“两者之中更……”。
Tom is the taller of the two. 汤姆是两个人中较高的那个。
(3)“the + 比较级…, the + 比较级…”表示“越……,就越……”。
The more you study, the more you know.你学得越多, 就知道得越多。
The harder you work, the greater progress you will make.
你学习越努力，你取得的进步就会越大。
(4)“比较级 + and + 比较级”表示“越来越……”。比较级加more构成的形容词或副词表示“越来越……”时，用“more and more+形容词/副词”。
In spring, it gets warmer and warmer. 在春天，天气变得越来越暖和。
Our school is becoming more and more beautiful.
我们的学校正变得越来越美丽。
(5)“Who / Which +谓语动词+比较级，A or B?”表示“A和B谁/哪个更……”。
Who is taller, Tony or Mike? 托尼和迈克谁更高？
(6)“比较级+than + any other +名词单数+范围”或“比较级+ than+ the other +名词复数+范围”表示最高级的含义。
This school is bigger than any other school in the city.
= This school is bigger than the other schools in the city.
在这座城市，这所学校比其他学校都大。
3. 最高级的常见句型
(1) “the + 最高级 + of/ in…”表示“在……中最……”。
She is the most careful girl in her class. 她在她班里是最认真的女孩。
(2) “one of +the +最高级+名词复数”表示“最……的……之一”。
Shanghai is one of the most modern cities in China.
上海是中国最现代化的城市之一。
(3) “Who / Which +谓语动词+the +最高级，A , B or C?”表示“A、B和Ｃ中谁/哪个最……”。
Which country has the largest population, India, China or Russia?
印度、中国和俄罗斯，哪个国家人口最多?
四、比较级的修饰词
常用来修饰比较级的副词(短语)有much, a little, a bit, even, a lot, far等。
Now I am a little taller than my mother. 现在我比我母亲稍微高一点。
This computer is much more expensive than that one.
这台电脑比那台电脑贵得多。　
[注意]very, very much, quite都不能用来修饰比较级。more用于构成比较级，但不能修饰比较级。
Step 4 Practice
1.Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets.
(1) Ask students to complete it by themselves.
(2) Check the answers. And then ask students to read the passage.
For many people, life is a lot (1) ________ (easy) today. Medicine and diet are improving, and people are getting (2) ___________ (healthy) and living (3) _______ (long). But communication is changing (4) ________ (fast) of all. Today, with the Internet, people can communicate(5) ___________ (easily)than ever before with friends all over the world.
Not all the changes are (6) _______(good) ones. More people drive cars instead of riding bikes, so they are not as (7)________(fit) as they were. Increasing traffic makes the roads (8) _________ (crowded) than ever, and it also makes pollution (9)_______ (bad). We must all work harder to reduce pollution.
Answers:(1) easier (2) healthier/more healthy (3) longer (4) fastest/the fastest (5) more easily (6) good (7) fit (8) more crowded (9) worse
2. Work in pairs. Look at the two pictures on page 22 and talk about how the town has changed. Use the words in the box to help you.
(1) Ask students to complete it by themselves.
(2) Ask some of them to show their work.
The sample answers:
(1) The buildings are much taller, much more beautiful.
(2) There are more cars in the street today than it was many years ago.
(3) The streets are much wider and cleaner.
(4) The environment is much better. (5) People are much busier than before.
(6) The life is much better than before. (7) There are more shops than before.
Step 5 Vocabulary
Complete the sentences with the words or expressions in the box.
heat more than seldom spare speak up
1 We __________ have time to go on holiday.
2 We do not have much ________ time because we have important exams this year.
3 Never go out in the ________of the day without a hat.
4 You have to ___________ because the students in the back cannot hear you.
5 Mr Smith is ___________ a teacher. Most of his pupils think of him as their friend.
Answers:
1 seldom 2 spare 3 heat 4 speak up 5 more than
Step 6 Reading
1. Read the email and find three examples that show life was harder in the past than it is today.
(1) Ask the students to listen to the recording.
(2) Ask the students to read the email and find three examples that show life was harder in the past than it is today.
(3) Get them to check the answers in groups.
2.Read the email again and find sentences that tell us:
1 There was not enough living space for people.
2 Most of the big cities were dirty and unhealthy.
3 Life was harder for children in those times.
(1) Ask the students to read the sentences.
(2) Get them to read the email again.
(3) Allow the students to check the answers in groups.
Answers:
1 People lived in very small houses, very close to each other, with no space for children to play.
2 The pollution from factories filled the air. People put their rubbish outside in the streets. As a result, there were many illnesses.
3 They didn’t always go to school, because they had to work instead. Many children started work in factories when they were only four or five years old. They worked twelve hours a day in dangerous jobs for very little money.
3. Listen and complete the table.
(1) Let the students look at the table.
(2) Play the recording.
(3) Play the recording once again and let them complete the table.
(4) Check the answers.
Answers:
Step 7 Writing
Write a passage comparing the lives of the speaker’s grandmother and mother in Activity 6.
(1) Ask the students to work in pairs. Talk about the given topic.
(2) Let students write a passage.
One possible version:
The speaker’s grandmother and mother had very different lives. Her grandmother had a much bigger family of four children. The speaker’s mother has only one child. Her grandmother and mother had different childhoods. Her grandmother started school later. She didn’t start school until she was eight. Her mother started school earlier, when she was six. Her grandmother didn’t have many years of education. She started work when she was fourteen. Her mother was luckier, because she went to university after she finished high school, and started work when she was twenty-two. Her grandmother got married earlier than her mother. Her grandmother got married at the age of 18 and her mother got married at the age of 24. They stopped working at different ages. Her grandmother stopped working at age 50 and her mother stopped working at age 55.
Step 8 Around the world
1. Ask students to look at the photo and the title of the passage and guess what this passage is about.
2. Tell students to read the passage very quickly to see if their ideas were correct.
3. Read the passage as a class.
Step 9 Module task:Organising a debate
1. Work in groups. Read the motion of the debate.
Health is more important than wealth.
Now decide who is for the motion and who is against it. You can use some of the following ideas:
For:
● Without health, wealth means nothing.
● You can enjoy life better if you are healthy.
Against:
● It is hard to be healthy without wealth.
● You can enjoy life better if you are wealthy.
2. Prepare your arguments. Give examples to support your ideas.
3. Hold the debate.
● Those for the motion give their opinions.
● Those against the motion give their opinions.
● Take turns to say what you think about each other’s arguments.
4. Discuss and find out whether most people are for or against the motion.
Step 10 Homework
1. Go over what you’ve learnt in this module.
2. Preview the new words and expressions in Module 4.
当堂达标
Ⅰ.用所给单词的适当形式填空
1.The driver of the car was_________(serious)injured.
2. _________ (lucky),he passed the exam finally.
3. He was late for school again, and the teacher got_________ (angry).
4. He looked_________ (unhappy)at me when I interrupted him.
5. It’s raining_________ (hard).You’d better stay at home.
Ⅱ. 单项填空
1. _________ you speak, _________ your English will be.
A. The less; the more B. The more; the better
C. The less; the better D. The more; the less
2. Peter is 15 years old.He is_________ than his father.
A. tall B. taller C. tallest D. the tallest
3. This is _________ gift that I have received.
A. good B. better C. best D. the best
4. Fishing is one of __________ activities among the middle aged people.
A. popular B. more popular C. most popular D. the most popular
5. The Yellow River is the second _________river in China.
A. long B. longer C. longest D. length
答案：
Ⅰ. 1.seriously 2. Luckily 3. angry 4. unhappily 5. hard
Ⅱ. 1-5 BBDDC
板书设计
Module 3 Life now and then
Unit 3 Language in use
一、形容词在句中的位置及作用
1. 作定语，常置于被修饰词的前面。
2. 作表语，置于(连)系动词的后面。
3. 作宾语补足语，置于宾语的后面。
二、副词在句中的位置及作用
1.副词修饰形容词、副词时，放在它所修饰的词的前面，表示程度等。
2.频度副词放在be动词、情态动词和助动词之后，实义动词之前。
3. 副词修饰动词时，放在动词之前或之后。
4. 副词作定语修饰名词时，放在名词之后。
三、形容词与副词的比较等级
1. 同级比较句型：as…as…和not as / so …as…
2. 比较级的常见句型
(1) “比较级 + than…”意为“比……更……”。
(2) “the+ 比较级 + of the two”意为“两者之中更……”。
(3)“the + 比较级…, the + 比较级…”表示“越……,就越……”。
(4)“比较级 + and + 比较级”表示“越来越……”。比较级加more构成的形容词或副词表示“越来越……”时，用“more and more + 形容词/副词”。
(5)“Who / Which +谓语动词+比较级，A or B?”表示“A和B谁/哪个更……”。
(6)“比较级+than + any other +名词单数+范围”或“比较级+ than+ the other +名词复数+范围”表示最高级的含义。
3. 最高级的常见句型
(1) “the + 最高级 + of/ in…”表示“在……中最……”。
(2) “one of +the +最高级+名词复数”表示“最……的……之一”。
(3) “Who / Which +谓语动词+the +最高级，A , B or C?”表示“A、B和Ｃ中谁/哪个最……”。
四、比较级的修饰词
常用来修饰比较级的副词(短语)有much, a little, a bit, even, a lot, far等。
教学反思